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Potential of multi-species livestock farming to improve the sustainability of livestock farms: A review. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Diversified farming systems are proposed as a major mechanism to address the many sustainability issues of today's agriculture. Multi-species livestock farming, i.e.
Barth, Kerstin   +17 more
core   +2 more sources

“Not All Who Wander Are Lost”: The Life Transitions and Associated Welfare of Pack Mules Walking the Trails in the Mountainous Gorkha Region, Nepal

open access: yesAnimals, 2022
Equids in general experience transient lives where ownership may change multiple times, for working equids this can be more extreme where ownership changes are not only numerous but abrupt, and situations encountered prove difficult, diverse and tough ...
Tamlin Watson   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Special Issue: Working Equids

open access: yesAustral Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2023
Editorial (January 2023) Vol. 55 Nº 1 Special Issue of Austral Journal of Veterinary Sciences gathers several studies regarding the critical contribution working equids have made through our history developing societies, which leads us to encourage ...
Editorial Committee
doaj  

The potential for new donkey farming systems to supply the growing demand for hides [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The demand for donkey hides for ejiao, a Traditional Chinese Medicine, has resulted in rapidly increasing prices for donkey hides and donkeys. This has put pressure on donkey populations globally and has implications for donkey welfare and the ...
Bennett, Richard, Pfuderer, Simone
core   +1 more source

Working Equids: Their Conditions, Invisible Earning and Challenges- A Review

open access: yesAsian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 2021
Working equids play vital role in pastoral economy nationally as well as globally and their role is very significant in providing livelihood to households of their owners through direct and indirect financial contribution. This review aims to analyze their conditions, constrains and their invisible income.
Singh, Ajmer   +5 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Bonded labour and donkey ownership in the brick kilns of India: A need for reform of policy and practice

open access: yesAnimal Welfare, 2023
Slavery, in the form of ‘debt-bondage’, is rife in Indian brick kilns, where the enforcement of labour laws is poor. Working equids support brick-kiln workers by transporting raw bricks into the kilns, but the situation of equids and their owners within ...
Laura M Kubasiewicz   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Working equids: linking human and animal welfare

open access: yesVeterinary Record, 2020
Working equids continue to be an essential component of the livelihoods of millions of families worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.1 These animals provide a critical support system to the households that rely on them, with a central pillar of this support system being the money they generate – both directly and indirectly – and
openaire   +3 more sources

Development and evaluation of a molecular diagnostic method to rapidly detect Histoplasma capsulatum var. farciminosum, the causative agent of epizootic lymphangitis, in equine clinical samples. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Histoplasma capsulatum var. farciminosum (HCF), the causative agent of epizootic lymphangitis (EZL), is endemic in parts of Africa. Diagnosis based on clinical signs and microscopy lacks specificity, and is a barrier to further understanding this ...
Aklilu, N   +9 more
core   +1 more source

The Relationship Between Working Equids and Women in Developing Countries [PDF]

open access: yesEquine Veterinary Journal, 2014
Reasons for performing study There are approximately 100 million working equids in developing countries worldwide. These animals’ role in impoverished communities is generally unrecognised by national and international policy makers and their needs are overlooked in national animal health systems.
M. Upjohn, D. Valette
openaire   +1 more source

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